Primetime Ratings: Big Numbers From Fox, NBC Give Both the Win
Fox and NBC both put up a 2.2 rating in viewers 18-49, according to the Nielsen overnights, and a 9 share. That easily led the broadcast pack; next up was CBS at a way distant 0.6/2.
Fox had the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, won by the American League (its fifth straight victory) in extra innings, with 8.63 million total viewers. Last year’s game did a 2.0 in the key demo, with 7.94 million total viewers.
NBC had America’s Got Talent at 2.4 and then World of Dance at 1.7. The network aired a fireworks special last Tuesday. The week before that, AGT did a 2.4 and World of Dance a 1.9.
CBS had repeats throughout prime.
ABC was at 0.5/2. It aired repeated comedies from prime’s start to its finish.
The CW, at 0.2/1, too was in repeats.
Among the Spanish-language entrants, both Telemundo and Univision scored a 0.5/2.
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Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.